D.N. Weisstub / David C. Thomasma / S. Gauthier / G.F. Tomossy (Hgg.)

Aging: Caring for Our Elders

Herausgegeben:Weisstub, David N.; Thomasma, David C.; Gauthier, S.; Tomossy, George F.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Caring for Our Elders is the second of three volumes on Aging conceived for the International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Leading scholars from a range of disciplines address some of the major issues in elder care facing modern nations: familial duties of care, the future of social welfare systems, housing, dementia, abuse and neglect.

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Produktdetails

• International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 11
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4020-0181-9
• 2001
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 561g
• ISBN-13: 9781402001819
• ISBN-10: 1402001819
• Artikelnr.: 21782056

Inhaltsangabe

The Family.- Across the generations: Family care dynamics into the new millennium.- Family caregiving: A problem of justice.- Family care for frail elders and norms of caregiver well-being at the turn of the twenty-first century.- Social Responsibility.- Care for elderly people in Sweden: Do cutbacks reflect changing principles or simply adjustment to economic pressure?.- Financing long-term care in the United States: Who should pay for Mom and Dad?.- The role of the government and the family in taking care of the frail elderly: A comparison of the United States and Japan.- Care.- Appropriate housing for the elderly of the United States: An integral component of their health care.- Nursing work, housekeeping issues, and the moral geography of home care.- The dilemma of prolonged engagement: Building opportunities for reciprocity among ethnic female clients and workers in elder care services.- Community mental health services for older adults in the United States.- Dementia care ethics.- Decision-making in social and medical services for patients with dementia in Japan.- Neglect.- The abuse and neglect of the elderly.- Aging, homelessness, and the law.